Living Torah Archives

It’s the 19th of Kislev today. The Alter Rebbe promised the chasidim victory, and you’re included in that. You’re included in the victory of the chasidim.

Rabbi Dovid Hollander visits the Rebbe and discusses returning to Soviet Russia to help the Jews being oppressed under the Communist regime.

You should encourage everyone you encounter at the hospital to give charity. There is an opinion in the Talmud that the non-Jews are also obligated in this commandment.

The very fact that you mention this issue to me is an indication that you can do more.

If you will write an article asking Jewish leaders to march in solidarity in Crown Heights, it should only mention the positive goal of such a demonstration; it should not resurrect, or immortalize in print, negative events of the past.

Rabbi Hollander, a well-known rabbinic activist and past president of the Rabbinical Council of America, informs the Rebbe of his plans for retirement.